We are going on an adventure! Love The Lord of the Rings? Why not read along with us as we consider the books from the writer's point of view! Taking it chapter by chapter, novelist Julia Golding will reveal new details that you might not have noticed and techniques that will only go to increase your pleasure in future re-readings of our favourite novel. Julia also brings her expert knowledge of life in Oxford and English culture to explain some points that might have passed you by.

(00:05) Setting the Scene
(02:19) Maritime Imagery, Storm Metaphors, and Tolkien’s Symbolism
(05:01) Hobbits, Food, and the Translation of Time
(07:15) Growth, Ent-Draught, and Storytelling Perspective
(09:37) Casting Away Treasure
(13:51) The Ents’ Assault on Isengard
(19:44) Gandalf’s Return, Soundscapes, and Narrative Tempo
(27:06) Wormtongue, Aftermath, and Foreshadowing the Shire

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